Lead Digital Forensics Researcher

Lead Digital Forensics Researcher ADF Solutions is a dynamic American company that creates innovative digital forensics applications for global law enforcement agencies, legal firms, the defense sector, and private corporations. We are seeking a talented and motivated digital forensics researcher to lead our expanding team and work in the exciting and ever-evolving fields of digital forensics, eDiscovery, cyber security, and tactical site exploitation. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to: Lead a small team of digital forensics researchers and developers. Identify new digital forensic artefacts in operating systems and software applications that are relevant to digital investigations. Reverse engineer complex data structures (digital artifacts such as log files, databases, etc), document your findings, and write simple Python modules to parse these data structures. Closely collaborate with our Business Analyst and Product Owner to influence product design in order to help investigators better understand digital artifacts. Create realistic data sets to seed devices for research and validation. Regularly conduct forensic testing of the ADF products to ensure they are reporting the correct results which are in accordance with specifications and forensic research. Constantly interact with the digital forensics community to help them and learn from them. Qualifications: Must be a team player in a distributed work environment with team members in the US and Europe. Be a great communicator and know how to make your work visible. Prior employment with a government agency as a digital forensics examiner. 1 years of Python development working on file/data structure parsing, and data processing. Experience with SQL queries and sqlite in particular. Be self-motivated and interested in making digital investigators lives easier. Must be able to communicate in English easily with remote teammates. Location: Work remotely (dedicated workspace required), in a European time zone (WET, CET). Attend semi-annual in-person meetings in Europe to connect with your colleagues. Contract: Enjoy self-employed status for a full-time 40 hour/week position with ADF and competitive compensation in US dollars, 30 days off (holidays and vacation), and 10 sick days included in your compensation. How to Apply: We ask everyone to answer a simple online questionnaire to assess your motivation and your qualification ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPcSiLHLEj5sqv6FUsorDBKphODmz6aVcW_evtNSFFt7RK-Q/viewform ). These will be reviewed manually. Once completed, we will contact you to schedule a call. If you want to help create meaningful products that help make the world a safer place, apply today!